From Washington to Bucharest
Transatlantic flights with pets, show recommendations, travel news and blog updates
Life Lately
Never have I been happier for summer to end, pools to close and the weather to cool. It means we’re in the last season before we ditch D.C. and head back to Europe.
We’re now in the thick of making arrangements for our move to Romania next month. Getting from D.C. to Bucharest may sound simple, but when you have two doggos and a rabbit, it’s truly anything but!
My sister is flying in from Texas to help with the pets. The plan right now is for us each to take one critter and fly from D.C. to Rome, where we’ll spend a few days recuperating before making the final flight into Bucharest.
I’m particularly concerned about the well-being of our nine-year-old rabbit Maxwell. This will be his third transatlantic flight and boy, those-long haul journeys are exhausting.
It took ages to find air carriers who accept rabbits on board and fly into Romania. For anyone else with a similar problem (ha!), Ita Airways and AeroItalia are both rabbit-friendly.
Putting the animals through the stress of a big move is always the hardest part.
What I’m Watching
We have been loving the new Nicole Kidman series out on Netflix—The Perfect Couple. It reminds me a bit of White Lotus.
A woman is murdered during a lavish wedding weekend in Nantucket. The show follows the quirky detectives and eccentric wedding guests as they try to work out whodunit. Very bingeable!
What I’m Reading
The Eiffel family is threatening legal action against Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo after she unveiled plans to leave the massive Olympic rings in place on the Eiffel tower until at least 2028.
The consensus on social media seems to be that the rings need to come down at the end of the year. What do you think?
North Korea announced plans to reopen for tourism in December. Would anyone consider visiting?
The State Department lists the reclusive country as a Level 4 “Do Not Travel” region due to the “continuing serious risk of arrest and long-term detention of U.S. nationals.” Yikes!
On the Blog
I just completed my three-part blog series on the Golden Isles in Georgia, USA. Andrew’s family lives in this region and it’s a place we visit often.
You can read all about the best beaches in Georgia, the best things to do on St. Simons Island and lastly where to stay on Jekyll Island.
That’s all for now! Feel free to comment on anything I mentioned or whatever has been on your mind.
Cheers,
Michelle
@AmericanExpatAbroad
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt